ABC waiting II

22 Sept ABC 5640m

We are waiting. And waiting. The bad jokes are coming out including Jimmy the
Rooster, and tales of climbing lore, and the running of the bulls in Pamplona. Iņaki
holds the table...

Mark arrived back at ABC with a full pack from Camp 1, as high as he could
comfortably and safely go by himself. Tomorrow might be the day for making
plans.

Yes, we are waiting. Only a little snow fell at ABC today, none has settled.
Now it seems that a bigger fall might happen only in a day or two - or not at
all.

Quite a few teams are ferrying loads to C1, and a few teams bring down gear
too; it is hard to keep track of all the movement. We are staying at ABC though,
waiting.

Pumpkin pie was the highlight of the food day.

23 Sept ABC

We woke to a little morning snow, perhaps 2 cms or so had fallen overnight.

I could not persuade Mark to stay with us, so he will go down tomorrow to BC
and then Zhangmu. Mark was happy with the service and enjoyed the dining dome,
playing his part. I can only speculate that he has another plan that is isn't
letting out, perhaps one with his wife for next season? Or perhaps a real
holiday?

Clive turned up at dinner feeling properly sick, and a few others felt ever
so queasy.

The weather systems moving over Shishapangma have been changing direction. At
dinner time a big system scudded across the sky, turning ABC cold, but,
surprisingly, didn't start dropping snow.

Tibetan Snowcock coming close to camp wondering if we
might feed them (we do). Photo by Mark Hose.

24 Sept ABC

Clive feels good again and so does everyone else.

Some of us got up earlier than usual to see Mark off. He headed away fairly
smartly, carrying a large pack, hopefully beating the weather down.

There was a few (2) millimeters of snow on the tents; perhaps the weather man
mixed up the units, was the breakfast conjecture. Now at lunch time the snow is
definitely falling, but at ABC it is light and not settling on the ground. Over
Shishapangma the cloud is thicker, but it doesn't seem as if the mountain is
getting a huge dump (yet). Kathmandu is expecting heavy rain from the north, and
our snow is also falling from the north.

We are working on a team page, as friends has pointed out we need more team
photos...